Blog Archive: January 2011

This week, we've talked quite a bit about tactics that the religious use against atheists in a debate. One of the most inflammatory charges of the believer is that Hitler was an atheist, and the influences of Darwin were responsible for Hitler's atrocities in the mid-20th century. I heard this very argument from my theist mother.
A (German) friend and page fan has experience with this subject. She asked for permission to correct the record on Hitler, and to give ammunition to the rest o...

A Letter to Our Subscribers, Users and Fans
To all TTA page fans, subscribers and supporters:
In May of 2009, when my YouTube page was created, I could count the subscribers on one hand. I had just written and produced a video called \"The Invisible God\" in my spare time, not really having an audience for it. It was mostly an exercise...a bullhorn to amplify some of the freedoms and frustrations I was experiencing. I just needed to get it out.
"The Invisible God" wasn't a masterpiece by any ...

Anytime I deviate from my usual skewering of Christianity (my former faith) and dip a toe into the pool of Islam, there are always knee-jerk accusations that I am a hater. A fear-monger. A divider. Ignorant. Islamaphobic.
My friend and page fan, Meg, has first-hand education and experience (and very strong opinions) on Islam and the Qur'an, and I asked her for her perspective. She wrote a blog, which appears below the line. It's not a short read. But it's a compelling, interesting one.
Let ...

The protests come every day from the religious, and they go something like this:
* "Why spend your time disproving God?"
* "Why not just let people believe what they want to believe?"
* "Why can't you leave religion alone?"
As one YouTube commenter said recently, "No one can explain to me why it is so important to convince theists to abandon their beliefs."
The answer is simple. Pages like this one exist because religion exists.
Religion permeates our culture, shows up on our doorsteps with l...

On Friday January 21st, my update of “The Story of Suzie” video was the subject of an article in the religious publication, The Christian Post. For reference, here’s the link:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20110121/atheist-depicts-christians-as-delusional-in-story-of-suzie-video/
The day before the article went live, three hours before her publication deadline, the article’s author Katherine T. Phan sent me an email request for a phone comment. Her initial email was intercepte...

I address a common debate tactic used by the religious. Your comments welcome.
This is a question that came up several times this week, including one Facebook message from a religious acquaintance (I'll call him Steve) who asserted that science had no more definitive answers than faith. Steve then charged me to give an example of anything that I believe, but cannot prove.
Of course, he was making the classic argument that non-belief is actually a belief system in itself. Baiting me to demonst...